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UK Streetview - FULL Coverage updated... http://maps.google.co.uk/?ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=United+Kingdom&ll=53.343993,-5.185547&spn=8.217413,23.269043&z=6 (and drag the yellow... Map and GIS News finding blog. With so many Maps and GIS sites online now it is hard to find the good from the not so good. This blog tries to cut the cream and provide you with the newest, fastest, cleanest and...

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Biking Directions on Google Maps - New! (in beta) Green 'highlighted' lines are specific for Cyclists using Google Bicycle directions Bike lanes: For more than 150 cities in the US, we know which... Map and GIS News finding blog. With so many Maps and GIS sites online now it is hard to...

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New Google Geocoding Web Service The service is now 'not limited' but you are required to show the results on a Google Map. Examples given to help user understand the importance of this update. Lots... Map and GIS News finding blog. With so many Maps and GIS sites online now it is hard to...

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BBC SuperPower Map Visualising the Internet The growth of the Internet in a decade - Visualised in Geographical Form The internet as 2008, astonishing growth View the... Map and GIS News finding blog. With so many Maps and GIS sites online now it is hard to find the good from...

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SaferMK Community Safety Mapping by Zubed A nice web GIS mapping solution.... Overlay of Crime data using Openlayers and using Ordnance Survey Mapping from the GetMapping Map Service Clear... Map and GIS News finding blog. With so many Maps and GIS sites online now it is hard to find the good from the not...

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Protected Planet Map (Beta) "The latest initiative of the World Database on Protected Areas." Simple concept map every protected area on the planet: Database: Compiling a database containing every... Map and GIS News finding blog. With so many Maps and GIS sites online now it is hard to find the good from the not so...

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UK Crime Mapping  March 2010 update includes API +Reverse Geocoder "Nearest Police Station"  + Geocode Policing Team "Policing team that covers a given... Map and GIS News finding blog. With so many Maps and GIS sites online now it is hard to find the good from the not so good. This...

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Google Fusion [Tables] Maps - February 2010 Update - More Powerful An Interesting update here in a previous blog post Note: Suggestions, would be nice to be able to overlay the thematic map [based ... Map and GIS News finding blog. With so many Maps and GIS sites online now it is hard...

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TfL Bus Route Maps (now using Google Maps) Transport for London (TfL) have launched Bus Maps using Google Maps. *almost a contender for best UK Map Mashup Ever. Example route 38 Daytime with all... Map and GIS News finding blog. With so many Maps and GIS sites online now it is hard to find...

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360 Vancouver Aerial Images and Covers Olympic Village Clean, Smooth and High Resolution 360 Aerial Images of Vancouver Vanier... Map and GIS News finding blog. With so many Maps and GIS sites online now it is hard to find the good from the not so good. This blog tries to cut the cream...

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London Interactive Movie Map "Film London has created this new online resource so that you can discover or revisit sites where some of the most memorable scenes in the history of cinema took... Map and GIS News finding blog. With so many Maps and GIS sites online now...

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RAC Map Widget "This handy widget to put on your site. This widget will not only provide a map of your address, but also allow visitors to your site to fully plan their route to you, using our... Map and GIS News finding blog. With so many...

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New Google Maps domains in 29 African Countries Example Ghana Google Maps - http://maps.google.com.gh/ in Beta Google Maps users can now find local businesses, towns, highways, or roads. This... Map and GIS News finding blog. With so many Maps and GIS sites online now it is hard to find the good...

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BBC ThrillSeeker MapThrillSeeker is a BBC initiative to inspire everyone to get a taste of adventure. The BBC is working with hundreds of organisations who will be offering taster activities across the UK.Active Adventures from Easy, Adventurous, Adrenaline Rush to Extreme are easy to find across the UK...

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Google Maps Gets Beta Labs*Google Account signin requiredGoogle Map has now enabled Google Labs experiments that you can now add some nice and useful functionality.A new prespective - Note the Map Labels (Text) are correct way up but the map is upsidedown.New Features and Tools in Google Maps...

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New York Times - 3D Olympic Venues MapIf you want just one map to locate events for the Winter Olympics in Vancouver 2010 then this Interactive and Animated 3D Map created by The New York Times is it.Highly DetailedSmooth Animated Zooms to Event LocationsInteractive (Users can control 3D aspects panning...

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New Street View Coverage for Norway & Finlandupdate:Canada has large coverage updates tooNew Canadian Coverage (substantial)Yukon (Whitehorse)Northewest Terroritories (YellowKnife)Alberta (example Grande Prairie)Bristish Columbia (example Prince George) (also includes Snow Mobile Streetview)Saskatchewan (Example Prince Albert)Manitoba (Lake Winniepeg)New Suomi (Finland) Street View CoverageView the New Coverage and drag the yellow pegman,...

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'Eye on Earth' EEA and Microsoft Bing MappingGreen EU citizens are being encouraged to contribute their own environmental observations to a website.The Eye on Earth platform is a joint venture between the European Environment Agency (EEA) and Microsoft.Features:Air QualityAir Quality ModelBathing Waters1 is Very Good (Dark Green)5...

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British Geological Survey (BGS) Bedrock Maps04/02/2009 17.20 update: Apologies if your getting this message"The bandwidth or page view limit for this site has been exceeded and the page cannot be viewed at this time. Once the site is below the limit, it will once again begin serving as...

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From the Free Our Data Blog:A new No.10 petition: FREE the PostZon and help innovate the UK Geo-spatial industry(We are in 21st Century now aren't we?)Mark Goodge added this as a comment to the data.gov.uk post, but it seems worth making more visible. So here it is:This is not...

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Mobile GeoRSS Maps *Beta* (by Map Channels)"The easy way to add mapping for mobile websites"Mobile GeoRSS Maps combines the Google Maps v3 API and Google Feeds API to display a GeoRSS feed on a map that is optimized for mobile phone display.Create your own Map with feeds for your mobile,...

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Klencke Atlas (BIG Maps in a BIG Book)350 Years old, the Klencke is still the largest Atlas in the world on display in London soon at the British Library. dimenions 1.75 metres (5ft) tall and 1.9 metres (6ft) wide"It takes six people to lift it and has been recorded...

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Google Geocoder Suggests (Esa's Experiments)Google has had the 'suggest' option on the main site for a while, yet when you go to the maps you need to know your destination, now you can get help with a geocoder extended with a suggest.Ahead of the game with Google Map API is...

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Big News - Nokia Ovi Maps Free for Lifeupdated 5.07pm 21/01/2010No more subscriptions, Ovi Maps with Navigation (Walking, Driving) is now Free.*N97 soon after firmware update release.update N97 users: "New Ovi Maps for N97 will be available on 28th January 2010." with Maps v3.3 included in the firmware update.note:some N97...

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Bing Destination Maps (Map App)Bing Maps Destination Maps (Map App) European Map Style.Bing Map Explorer moved out of beta today, and some new experimental 'Map Apps' have appeared in a continuing effort to make Bing Maps more widley used.The Maps are customised by dragging the edges of the rectangle.Maps...

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